Which of the following traits is found exclusively among New World monkeys?

A. opposable thumbs
B. stereoscopic vision
C. a prehensile tail
D. a rhinarium


C. a prehensile tail

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Many of the best early accounts of non-western societies written during the early period of colonialism were written by __________

a. soldiers b. governors c. naturalists d. Jesuit missionaries

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Which of the following statements about social mobility is correct?

A) There are possibilities for social mobility within class systems, although there are also constraints to mobility. B) Open class systems allow mobility for all individuals from one class to another, depending on their work ethic and the historical time period. C) Class systems do not support social mobility, although some limited mobility does occur under certain circumstances. D) Social mobility does not occur within a stratified society. E) Social mobility does not occur openly within any complex society, although there is suppressed movement in and out of the middle class.

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A boy is born into a society that practices matrilineal descent. The person who exercises authority over him is his:

a. sister. b. father. c. mother. d. mother’s brother. e. father’s brother.

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A language is only likely to survive if it has a community of speakers who act as linguistic role models for children

a. True b. False

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